Martinsburg vs Penn Farms

A side-by-side comparison of Martinsburg and Penn Farms: population, income, housing, and more.

Martinsburg and Penn Farms are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Penn Farms has the higher population (2,342 vs 1,724 in Martinsburg). Penn Farms has the higher median household income ($105,536 vs $69,038 in Martinsburg). Penn Farms has the higher median home value ($329,200 vs $153,200 in Martinsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsburg	Penn Farms
Population	1,724	2,342
Median age	44.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,038	$105,536
Median home value	$153,200	$329,200
Median gross rent	$790	$1,118
Housing units	734	890
Homeownership rate	73.2%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsburg	Penn Farms
Population	1,689 → 1,724 (+2.1%)	2,540 → 2,342 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $69,038 (+43.5%)	$89,601 → $105,536 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $153,200 (+11.4%)	$265,200 → $329,200 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $790 (+21.2%)	$947 → $1,118 (+18.1%)

Martinsburg

Population

1,6891,724

Median household income

$48,125$69,038

Median home value

$137,500$153,200

Median gross rent

$652$790

Penn Farms

Population

2,5402,342

Median household income

$89,601$105,536

Median home value

$265,200$329,200

Median gross rent

$947$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martinsburg	Penn Farms
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	22.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	6.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.6%
75 and over	17.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsburg	Penn Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsburg	Penn Farms
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	44.0%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsburg	Penn Farms
Drove alone	82.5%	89.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	1.6%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinsburg	Penn Farms
1-unit, detached	70.8%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Martinsburg	Penn Farms
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1958	1996